Dadland

By: Keggie Carew

Narrated by: Pippa Haywood, Robert Bathurst, Tom Golding, Dermot Crowley

Keggie Carew grew up in the gravitational field of an unorthodox father who lived on
his wits and dazzling charm. As his memory begins to fail, she embarks on a quest to unravel his story, and soon finds herself in a far more consuming place than she had bargained for.

Tom Carew was a maverick, a left-handed stutterer, a law unto himself. As a member of an elite SOE unit he was parachuted behind enemy lines to raise guerrilla resistance in France, then Burma, in the Second World War. But his wartime exploits are only the start of it...

Dadland is a manhunt. Keggie takes us on a spellbinding journey, in peace and war, into surprising and shady corners of history, her rackety English childhood, the poignant breakdown of her family, the corridors of dementia and beyond. As Keggie pieces Tom – and herself – back together again, she celebrates the technicolour life of an impossible, irresistible, unstoppable man.

Foreword and afterword read by the author.

Fantastic story. Great audio book

Thank you for sharing Keggie.. what a journey!
Also kudos to the producers and readers. Not all books translate well to audio but the pacing and voicing on this audio book brought all of the characters to life.

An excellent read...love learning about history

An excellent read...love learning about history and real life stuff at the same time...twice the knowledge...it's a book full of war time adventure(WWII) and the drama of real life which might happen to us all, or not, we are all unique...you never know...Tom the protagonist is spectacularly unique! Top Notch.

Great story

Very well written tribute to a sometimes extraordinary man who, as is true with us all, just an ordinary person complete with faults, sainthood and love. Well worth listening to.

Fantastic story.

What a amazing and intriguing story. You won’t regret taking this journey with Keggie Carew.

Superb. Best memoir/history book

The actors did a wonderful job of bringing this sparkling story (stories, really) alive. But the excellent writing, weaving history, memoir, investigative journalism and imagination together is just simply the best. A true treasure. I wanted to read it because my dad served in the OSS in Burma and China. And so I learned what they did. But I got so much more from this book. Pure enjoyment!